Definition of trebuchet in English:

trebuchet

noun ˈtrɛbjʊʃɛtˈtrɛbəʃɛtˌtrɛbjəˈʃɛt

A machine used in medieval siege warfare for hurling large stones or other missiles.
（中世纪围城战中的）投石机
Example sentencesExamples
- In part, this stress on strong outer defences was a reaction to new and more powerful weapons, including crossbows and siege machines such as mangonels and trebuchets capable of throwing heavy rocks.
- Tewkesbury Battle Field Society proved a great draw, with a potato-throwing trebuchet (a hurling device), raising money for the proposed statues, models of which were on display on their stand.
- The enemy had approached in the predawn to within a few hundred yards, and a big trebuchet was hurling rocks at them.
- He was still inside the citadel, propped up against a wall behind a massive trebuchet, a stationary artillery weapon that could fling much larger weights, and over much greater distances than a catapult.
- And in times of trouble the Pumpkin will always be ready to be flung from our trebuchet in any direction worthy of it.
- ‘Bunchberry stamens are designed like miniature medieval trebuchets - specialized catapults that maximize throwing distance by having the payload attached to the throwing arm by a hinge or flexible strap,’ Edwards said.
- Intrigued by Leonardo da Vinci's drawing of a machine capable of slinging dead horses over a long distance, he reckoned the ‘war wolf’ was a monster trebuchet, a gravity-powered catapult first developed in China.
- The trebuchet allows the flower to throw pollen further than a simple catapult would, she said.
- Drawn toward the city gates, they fell victim to an array of crossbows and trebuchets from within the city defenses.
- Torsion and counterpoise engines of war - ballistae and trebuchets - could be made in situ with local materials - timber and fibre.
- The close-quarter action photography with gristle and bone is spliced with dizzy shots of flying masonry launched by ginormous trebuchets.
- As if that were not enough, a second trebuchet was built to a French design using a huge swinging ballast-filled basket as a counterweight.
- But what spurred him to build one was, as he puts it, " my nutter cousin " in Northumberland, who put together a pint-sized trebuchet for a county fair.
- Catapults of the Middle Ages were divided into two major groups: ballistas, and trebuchets.
- They, like catapults, trebuchets, and siege engines, were made mainly of wood.
- Build your own trebuchet and start flinging things at the neighbours.
- Unconventional contrivances and machina arcana include a range of desktop siege weapons including miniature trebuchets, ballistae, and mangonels.
- That led in turn to Greek Fire - a napalm-like substance that could be tossed in small amounts, like a grenade, or in tubs using trebuchets.
- In retaliation, catapults, trebuchets and arrows from the Bismarck archers rained down on the Mongols.
- I will assemble catapults, mangonels, trebuckets and other instruments…

Origin

Middle English: from Old French, from trebucher 'overthrow'.

Definition of trebuchet in US English:

trebuchet

nounˌtrɛbjəˈʃɛtˌtrebyəˈSHet

A machine used in medieval siege warfare for hurling large stones or other missiles.
（中世纪围城战中的）投石机
Example sentencesExamples
- In retaliation, catapults, trebuchets and arrows from the Bismarck archers rained down on the Mongols.
- And in times of trouble the Pumpkin will always be ready to be flung from our trebuchet in any direction worthy of it.
- In part, this stress on strong outer defences was a reaction to new and more powerful weapons, including crossbows and siege machines such as mangonels and trebuchets capable of throwing heavy rocks.
- The trebuchet allows the flower to throw pollen further than a simple catapult would, she said.
- ‘Bunchberry stamens are designed like miniature medieval trebuchets - specialized catapults that maximize throwing distance by having the payload attached to the throwing arm by a hinge or flexible strap,’ Edwards said.
- As if that were not enough, a second trebuchet was built to a French design using a huge swinging ballast-filled basket as a counterweight.
- Build your own trebuchet and start flinging things at the neighbours.
- I will assemble catapults, mangonels, trebuckets and other instruments…
- But what spurred him to build one was, as he puts it, " my nutter cousin " in Northumberland, who put together a pint-sized trebuchet for a county fair.
- The close-quarter action photography with gristle and bone is spliced with dizzy shots of flying masonry launched by ginormous trebuchets.
- Unconventional contrivances and machina arcana include a range of desktop siege weapons including miniature trebuchets, ballistae, and mangonels.
- They, like catapults, trebuchets, and siege engines, were made mainly of wood.
- Catapults of the Middle Ages were divided into two major groups: ballistas, and trebuchets.
- The enemy had approached in the predawn to within a few hundred yards, and a big trebuchet was hurling rocks at them.
- He was still inside the citadel, propped up against a wall behind a massive trebuchet, a stationary artillery weapon that could fling much larger weights, and over much greater distances than a catapult.
- Tewkesbury Battle Field Society proved a great draw, with a potato-throwing trebuchet (a hurling device), raising money for the proposed statues, models of which were on display on their stand.
- That led in turn to Greek Fire - a napalm-like substance that could be tossed in small amounts, like a grenade, or in tubs using trebuchets.
- Drawn toward the city gates, they fell victim to an array of crossbows and trebuchets from within the city defenses.
- Intrigued by Leonardo da Vinci's drawing of a machine capable of slinging dead horses over a long distance, he reckoned the ‘war wolf’ was a monster trebuchet, a gravity-powered catapult first developed in China.
- Torsion and counterpoise engines of war - ballistae and trebuchets - could be made in situ with local materials - timber and fibre.

Origin

Middle English: from Old French, from trebucher ‘overthrow’.

单词	trebuchet
释义	Definition of trebuchet in English: trebuchet noun ˈtrɛbjʊʃɛtˈtrɛbəʃɛtˌtrɛbjəˈʃɛt A machine used in medieval siege warfare for hurling large stones or other missiles. （中世纪围城战中的）投石机 Example sentencesExamples In part, this stress on strong outer defences was a reaction to new and more powerful weapons, including crossbows and siege machines such as mangonels and trebuchets capable of throwing heavy rocks. Tewkesbury Battle Field Society proved a great draw, with a potato-throwing trebuchet (a hurling device), raising money for the proposed statues, models of which were on display on their stand. The enemy had approached in the predawn to within a few hundred yards, and a big trebuchet was hurling rocks at them. He was still inside the citadel, propped up against a wall behind a massive trebuchet, a stationary artillery weapon that could fling much larger weights, and over much greater distances than a catapult. And in times of trouble the Pumpkin will always be ready to be flung from our trebuchet in any direction worthy of it. ‘Bunchberry stamens are designed like miniature medieval trebuchets - specialized catapults that maximize throwing distance by having the payload attached to the throwing arm by a hinge or flexible strap,’ Edwards said. Intrigued by Leonardo da Vinci's drawing of a machine capable of slinging dead horses over a long distance, he reckoned the ‘war wolf’ was a monster trebuchet, a gravity-powered catapult first developed in China. The trebuchet allows the flower to throw pollen further than a simple catapult would, she said. Drawn toward the city gates, they fell victim to an array of crossbows and trebuchets from within the city defenses. Torsion and counterpoise engines of war - ballistae and trebuchets - could be made in situ with local materials - timber and fibre. The close-quarter action photography with gristle and bone is spliced with dizzy shots of flying masonry launched by ginormous trebuchets. As if that were not enough, a second trebuchet was built to a French design using a huge swinging ballast-filled basket as a counterweight. But what spurred him to build one was, as he puts it, " my nutter cousin " in Northumberland, who put together a pint-sized trebuchet for a county fair. Catapults of the Middle Ages were divided into two major groups: ballistas, and trebuchets. They, like catapults, trebuchets, and siege engines, were made mainly of wood. Build your own trebuchet and start flinging things at the neighbours. Unconventional contrivances and machina arcana include a range of desktop siege weapons including miniature trebuchets, ballistae, and mangonels. That led in turn to Greek Fire - a napalm-like substance that could be tossed in small amounts, like a grenade, or in tubs using trebuchets. In retaliation, catapults, trebuchets and arrows from the Bismarck archers rained down on the Mongols. I will assemble catapults, mangonels, trebuckets and other instruments… Origin Middle English: from Old French, from trebucher 'overthrow'. Definition of trebuchet in US English: trebuchet nounˌtrɛbjəˈʃɛtˌtrebyəˈSHet A machine used in medieval siege warfare for hurling large stones or other missiles. （中世纪围城战中的）投石机 Example sentencesExamples In retaliation, catapults, trebuchets and arrows from the Bismarck archers rained down on the Mongols. And in times of trouble the Pumpkin will always be ready to be flung from our trebuchet in any direction worthy of it. In part, this stress on strong outer defences was a reaction to new and more powerful weapons, including crossbows and siege machines such as mangonels and trebuchets capable of throwing heavy rocks. The trebuchet allows the flower to throw pollen further than a simple catapult would, she said. ‘Bunchberry stamens are designed like miniature medieval trebuchets - specialized catapults that maximize throwing distance by having the payload attached to the throwing arm by a hinge or flexible strap,’ Edwards said. As if that were not enough, a second trebuchet was built to a French design using a huge swinging ballast-filled basket as a counterweight. Build your own trebuchet and start flinging things at the neighbours. I will assemble catapults, mangonels, trebuckets and other instruments… But what spurred him to build one was, as he puts it, " my nutter cousin " in Northumberland, who put together a pint-sized trebuchet for a county fair. The close-quarter action photography with gristle and bone is spliced with dizzy shots of flying masonry launched by ginormous trebuchets. Unconventional contrivances and machina arcana include a range of desktop siege weapons including miniature trebuchets, ballistae, and mangonels. They, like catapults, trebuchets, and siege engines, were made mainly of wood. Catapults of the Middle Ages were divided into two major groups: ballistas, and trebuchets. The enemy had approached in the predawn to within a few hundred yards, and a big trebuchet was hurling rocks at them. He was still inside the citadel, propped up against a wall behind a massive trebuchet, a stationary artillery weapon that could fling much larger weights, and over much greater distances than a catapult. Tewkesbury Battle Field Society proved a great draw, with a potato-throwing trebuchet (a hurling device), raising money for the proposed statues, models of which were on display on their stand. That led in turn to Greek Fire - a napalm-like substance that could be tossed in small amounts, like a grenade, or in tubs using trebuchets. Drawn toward the city gates, they fell victim to an array of crossbows and trebuchets from within the city defenses. Intrigued by Leonardo da Vinci's drawing of a machine capable of slinging dead horses over a long distance, he reckoned the ‘war wolf’ was a monster trebuchet, a gravity-powered catapult first developed in China. Torsion and counterpoise engines of war - ballistae and trebuchets - could be made in situ with local materials - timber and fibre. Origin Middle English: from Old French, from trebucher ‘overthrow’.
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